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> For me, OSX is mostly eye candy any keyboard junkie should steer clear of. Actually, when I got my Mac, one of the things that really surprised me was how ma
by mosburger 19y ago
> For me, OSX is mostly eye candy any keyboard junkie should steer clear of.
Actually, when I got my Mac, one of the things that really surprised me was how many other Mac people use keyboard shortcuts for everything. I think that, contrary to what one might expect, having a particularly mouse-intensive environment actually induces people to learn keyboard shortcuts more, to become more efficient.
- pierrefar 19y agoYou're right, and I should have given an example of what exactly I mean: the menus. Using Excel under Windows, I'm the master, knowing how to get to every menu item starting with Alt-(menu shortcut). I don't even have to look and it gets done. With other software, I'm not as good, but still better than average. On Macs you can't drive menus like that. That's a serious productivity hit for me. One question I would love to have an answer for: is this fixable using some kind of hack or installation of a program or something? That would be awesome.
- impiri 19y agoYou probably already know this, but in case anyone doesn't... Ctrl+F2 highlights the Menu Bar and lets you arrow-key around. It's a cumbersome key combination, but I use it often when I can't remember a keyboard shortcut.
- andrewtj 19y agoRather than using the arrow keys to highlight menu options I tend to type the first few letters of the menu item. Eg, Window zooming in Camino would be done by hitting Ctrl+F2, w, <enter>, z, <enter>.